The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-10
FLORIDA.
FLORIDA.
Palatka needs a park.

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| Crops are splendid in Sumter county.
N. B. Foreman will ship $50 bushels of
LeConte pears from Lake City this year
Gov. Perry has recently purchased a fine
! body Of land on or near Panasoffkee Lake.
Several large healthy orange trees are
| blooming on the Tillman place in Sumter
| vile.
There is talk of a cedar mill being
erected at Rosewood, Levy county, in the
| near future.
Rev. r. d. Perry, of Brooksville, has &c
cepted a call from the Presbyterian church
at LeeSburg.
The contract for the Bronson Baptist
| church has been let, and work will begin
| Immediately
For over thirty miles north of Lake City
| is an nbroken belt of as fine timber as
can be found in the South.
The recent rains have damaged the large
peach crop of Columbia county, causing
| them to split open and fall off.
The shoot for the State championship
badge between the Dixie and Pensacola Gun
Clubs will comeoff next Tuesday.
The steamer Leila V. has been chartered
to aid the Picolata in carrying the daily
mail from Titusville to Melbourne.
John Allen is to open a steam laundry in
ritusville He will visit New York to
secure the necessary machinery during tho
month.
The quarantine has been raised at all
points in Brevard county except at the
station at Indian River Inlet This will be
kept up.
j. C. Luning received his commission as
postmaster at Leesburg on Saturday last
and entered upon his official duties Tuesday
morning.
I y d., IL. l..
Monday that crops in his section have only
about half as good prospects as at this time
last year.
NJ A. Evans, of Washington, D. c., has
purchased the valuable grove of Asberry
Ho"tnn located near Pemberton paying
s., 900 for it.
ino Gen City Guards, of Palatka, are
enthusiastic over their proposed encamp-
ment at Pablo They will probably go
sometime in August.
At Orlando Davis g. Davis have bought
out the firm of J. K. Duke, corner of Court
and Pine streets, and will add in connection
with his stock, hay and grain.
The list of lands sold for State and county
taxes last week for Hillsborough county foots
up -, 798 acres. 1t is estimated that about
one-half of this went to the State for want
of bidders.
The Mayors Court record of Tallahassee
shows less than five cases per month for the
past year coming before that tribunal This
is good for n city of 1000, with a populous
surrounding country.
The MetnodistS of Lake City have Off
cially rendered the Use of their church to
the Presbyterians, pending the erection of
the latter's church, in return for the like
courtesy in time past.
Many orange trees in Sumter county are
m nd / ia thnto 20
crop of June fruit will be gathered in some
localities In this event Florida can have
fine fresh oranges the whole year,
Some half dozen Swedes who are stopping
with Henry Ericsson, at Orlando, desire the
city to contribute to their support, on ac-
count of alleged inability to work The
City Council will investigate the matter.
K. +. Mcdonald, who lives nine miles
north of Tampa, is the happy possessor of a
COW that gave birth to three full-sized and
we'll developed calves on last Saturday. The
calves are all red headed, and so much alike
that it is difficult to tell one from the other.
jefferson county farmers have just begun
to move the LeConte pear crop. Four acres
in trees, which bore a few only last year,
will yield $50 bushels Of tho luscious fruit
this year. AT Monticello and immediate
vicinity there are set to LeContes about 200
acres
An agent for windmill factory has the
frame built and the fans placed for a sample
| at Titusville. All it needs now is raising
| His intention in erecting 1t is to show the
| advantage and working parts of the ma
| chine.
Negotiations are pending for the purchase
| of a yacht, which is said 10 be the fastest of
| its kind in Southern waters. She is thirty
five feet in length, and if purchased by the
| parties now negotiating will be owned by
| two well known nautical amateur sports OF
| Pensacola.
Mr.. Martin proposes to build wooden
factory at DeTuniak Springs during the
| coming winter. 1t will certainly prove
| paying institution as the town has fuel,
water and raw material in abundance. A
| Chicago house bought over $500 900 worth
of wool in the county during the past year
The people of Fort Christmas are serious
| ~ contemplating suit for damages against
| the county for obStructing the highway at
the crossing of the Big Ekonlokhatchee
river with n 81 $50 bridge that cannot be
used, and which occupies the road in such a
manner that crossing with teams is impossi-
| bic in high water.
Over seventy names of the registered
| voters of election district No |, of Orange
| have been affixed to the petition calling on
| the County Commissioners for an election,
| as provided in article 10, to decide whether
the county shall 60 "wet or dry" The pc
| tition, pen and ink are at the service of reg
istered voters of the election district.
Those interested in opening military
academy at Orlando report the outlook as
most favorahleto the contamination of their
scheme. Over twenty students have al
ready been secured, and the school will
open as soon as forty are enrolled A large,
roomy building has been secured, with am
pie grounds for military movements.
The Finley Guards is new military com
pany just organized III Ocaia, with thirty
two members and full set of officers. They
are fast learning the manual, and within
the next two months will receive their uni
forms The officers of the company are,
Captain, +. b. Lippitt First Lieutenant. w.
n. Bangs; Second Lieutenant, II. W. Cham
berlan
DR.. D. 7. Robbins, proprietor of the
Southern Progress of Orlando, was inter
ested with his brother-in-aw in n building
and stock of drugs valued at 81 900 or more
which was involved i'm the big fire at Clar-
endon, Pa The doctor also probably
loses another building in the place valued at
81 900, which he held alone. No insurance
on either.
The corner stone of the Catholic church TO
be erected at Oak avenue and Ninth street,
Sanford, was laid with impressive and ap-
propriate ceremonies last Monday. Rev.
Felix p, Swemberg performed the beauti-